Mike Russell | Special to The Oregonian

About Me:

Mike Russell is a writer and cartoonist living in Portland, Oregon. And now, a convenient biographical list. (1) He occasionally reviews movies for The Oregonian's A&E section. (2) He is NOT Michael Russell, the Oregonian staffer who (in a not-at-all-confusing coincidence) ably covers the food beat for A&E. The two have joked about doing an event for charity called "Dinner & A Movie With Mike Russell." (3) Mike Russell has written and drawn two comic strips for The Oregonian's A&E section -- the evil instructional comic "Mr. Do & Mr. Don't" and the nonfiction comic "CulturePulp," in which Mike renders PDX cultural events (and himself) in cartoon form. (4) In 2011, Russell started a webcomic called "The Sabertooth Vampire." In 2012, Dark Horse Comics commissioned a few strips featuring the character for "Dark Horse Presents." (5) He once wrote an essay about being adopted called "The Bastard Spawn Speaks." (6) He has scripted a few educational comics. (7) His work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Willamette Week, The Portland Mercury, In Focus Magazine, The DVD Journal, Ain't It Cool News, Bookslut and a handful of comic books.